Following items are from lehighvalleylive.com on 9-22-08.
Train strikes, kills man in Phillipsburg
by Express-Times staff
Monday September 22, 2008, 11:09 AM
The engineer of a Norfolk Southern train saw a man on the tracks in Phillipsburg late Sunday night but was unable to stop in time to avoid striking him, police Chief Ed Mirenda said this morning.
The man was killed just before midnight between Stockton and Hanover streets. Police are not releasing his identity until his next of kin are notified, Mirenda said.
The chief had no information about why the man was on the train tracks. He said a news release with more information will be issued later today.
Man struck and killed by train in Phillipsburg was an Easton resident
by Tom Quigley
Monday September 22, 2008, 5:17 PM
Police today identified a man struck and killed by an Norfolk Southern train in Phillipsburg on Sunday night as Easton resident Thomas Houlihan. He was 35.
Houlihan, of the 400 block of Northampton Street, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police said they responded to the tracks between Stockton Street and Hanover Street about 11:57 p.m.
"The incident is under investigation and pending results of an autopsy," Phillipsburg Police Detective Sgt. Robert Stettner said in a statement issued this afternoon.
It is routine procedure to conduct toxicology tests to determine if alcohol or other drugs contributed to the death.
Members of the Warren County Prosecutor's Office , Phillipsburg Fire Department and the Phillipsburg emergency squad responded to assist police.
This is the third time in less than a year that someone's been killed or seriously injured by a Norfolk Southern train in Phillipsburg.